My Dearest Enemy
Summary: Kagome was blessed a second chance at life...but what would she do with it? She had her body from a century ago, and she had her name and her soul...but not her memories. However, she was alive; so...what now? Why, the only thing she seems interested in is Go, and of course this one hottie who enjoys cheating her of a good game.
Anime: InuYasha/Hikaru No Go
Couple: Kagome/Yuki Mitani
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Rated: M
Japanese 4 Thought!
Jiji = Grandfather
Chijin = Friend
The Cute Way 2 Say It!
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Playing Housekeeper?
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It was all he could think about; that game. She had called him on it, and now he wanted a rematch, just to prove he could beat her without cheating. However, considering the game was two days ago and she hadn't been to school since...that was a little hard.
"Hey! Kaga, where is Kagome?"
Tetsuo turned to Yuki with a raised brow. He, Hikaru, Kimihiro and Yuki were at lunch; well...Hikaru, Yuki and Tetsuo were, Kimihiro was in his own little world, reading about 'Go', of course. "I would know?"
"She lives with your grandmother; so yeah, I would assume you'd know something."
"...she stayed home to watch over one of the kids. They came down with something and she's worried. It doesn't help that my grandmother hasn't been doing all that well either."
"Oh?" Not all that interested, Yuki decided he might as well gather as much information as possible, considering Tetsuo was rarely this talkative with him.
"Yeah, she fell ill too, the night before."
"..." Yuki said nothing. 'The old lady wanted to talk with her...though...at first I thought it was to yell at her or scold her, but...' He sighed; rubbing the back of his neck he stood up and grabbed his tray. "I'm skipping the rest of school."
"Where are you going?" Hikaru asked, not bothering to argue with his friends' decision, knowing perfectly well it wouldn't change anything.
"...I haven't decided if I'll go through with it yet, so I won't answer."
Tetsuo glared at Yuki's retreating back, knowing perfectly well that he'd go to his grandmothers' place; undecided or not.
"Damn him,"
"Hm?" Hikaru looked at Tetsuo, a Dango and stick was sticking out of his mouth, other foods were in his hands. "Wats da ma'er?"
Tetsu glared at the younger boy before answering, "Nothing, and don't talk with your mouth full; it's disgusting."
"Hm?" Hikaru swallowed and wiped his mouth clean, "Hehe, sorry."
Tetsuo shook his head and pulled the book Kimihiro was reading out of his hands and pointed to the food in front of him. 'I swear, when Akira is here, Hikaru actually acts tolerable; or that Akari girl.'
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Yuki walked up to the gates of the three story orphan home and just stared. 'Now what?' He sighed, "Hey, I was in the neighborhood and thought about dropping by since you haven't been at school and all..." He slapped a hand over his face before dragging it down over his lips and staring at the door. "I came by because Tetsuo was being vague and I was curious..." He frowned, "Save me," He muttered.
"Are you here to see Mama?"
He jumped and looked up to one of the many second floor windows. The little boy from the other day that had joined him and Kagome was standing at the window with a cookie in hand.
"Uh...yeah, I think..."
"Kagome?" The boy questioned again.
"Yeah,"
"Come on in, she's upstairs, on the third floor, back room."
"R-right." He walked up to the door and turned the knob, finding it to be open he continued in.
Stepping inside, he found the entrance to have a wood floor with a thin and long rug running all the way down the entrance hall. He looked to the staircase at the end and kicked his shoes off before picking them up and tossing them into his bag before placing it by the door and walking down the hall. He made his way upstairs and noted the few pictures that lined the walls as he went up. One of each student, but farther up, he found a bunch of Kagome and Tetsuo. They stopped when Kagome was around the age of, eight or nine years old. He stooped on the second floor and looked left, the other staircase was flooded with the kids he'd noticed missing from the front yard. They were all asleep and blocking his way.
"Great,"
"You could put them in bed."
He looked to see Shippou and sighed, 'I placed my self in the wrong position, and he captured me.'
Though the pun was meant for Go, it really felt as if he was a lone black stone surrounded on all four sides.
"Where do I put them?" He asked.
"That boy is Cory, he goes in this room, with Daisuke, and Hui."
'...Hui?' He picked up 'Cory', and with Shippou opening the door for him and pulling the blankets down, he place the boy in bed. He repeated this action with twelve other kids before he cleared seven steps. He noticed that their were nine left and mentally cursed.
"Their rooms are down that hall, but be extra quiet. Grandma Kaga's asleep at the end of the hall."
'Lovely,' He sighed and picked up the little blonde he'd seen pulling on Kagome the other day. Shippou guided him carefully to the little girls' room and he noted the difference in hers and the others. From what he could tell, she was the youngest, and was the favorite.
"This is her room and Kagome's."
"Kagome shares it?"
"Well...yeah. Hanako stopped breathing once, when she was asleep...Kagome is very protective of her, because at the time, she had been the only one here, and had saved her with...uh...you know, that mouth thing."
"Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation?"
The boy stared at him blankly. "Well, I was going for mouth to mouth, but yeah, that works too."
Yuki rolled his eyes, placing the little girl in the bed; he checked and made sure she was okay, leaving the door cracked before continuing to the others. "So what? Kagome moved her into her room?"
"Mm, yeah; but when Kagome gets sick, Hanako stays with me."
"I see; Shippou, if I'm correct."
"Yep." Shippou beamed.
"You're her son?" Yuki asked, tucking in the second of the last nine kids.
Shippou paused, "N-no...uh, my mom and dad are dead. She found me. She found me under mama."
Yuki looked at him for a moment, but he said nothing.
"Mama was shot, and they hadn't seen me yet, so she said 'Hush little one, don't cry.' Mama had kept me from their view while they killed my dad. I didn't see it, but I heard it well enough. Mama said one more thing, 'Stay still, and be quiet, no matter what happens, my little one.' And then they shot her again. She stopped talking after that."
Shippou felt the tears running down his cheeks; moving his hand, he flipped it so the palm faced up. A tear fell into his hand and he stared at it, trembling slightly. He felt someone pick him up and walk back down the stairs.
Yuki ignored the look the boy was giving him as he went in search of the kitchen. Finding it relatively easy, Yuki walked in and placed the boy on the counter before walking to the three fridge's that were placed right next to each other. Opening the freezer, he smiled at the gold mine he'd found. Grabbing a fudge popsicle and a rainbow pop, he held the two out to Shippou who looked curiously at them, then at Yuki.
"We aren't aloud any sweets before dinner."
The image sudden of Kimihiro scolding him for playing go incorrectly popped into his head. "It will be our little secret, now pick, or I'll eat them both."
His eyes widened and he picked the rainbow popsicle. Yuki smiled at that before placing the fudge pop back in the fridge.
"Aren't you going to eat the other?"
"I wasn't ever going to eat it. I grabbed the other as an alternate choice."
"...oh..." Shippou looked down at the red tip of his popsicle before he began devouring it. He hadn't realized he was smiling, but Yuki was thankful for it. He wasn't the best at comforting people, much less kids...this just happened to be something his dad had done for him a few times. Of course, his mother was against him eating sweets before breakfast too, like any mother should be...but...it was their little secret.
"I'll be back,"
Shippou nodded, his lips starting to turn green with the lime flavored part of the rainbow pop.
'Maybe I should have just given him the fudge pop; leaves less evidence.' Yuki made his way back up the stairs and looked the kids over. Without Shippou guiding him, he'd have to guess their rooms, which would be difficult...
"You,"
He froze, turning suddenly; he saw the elder staring at him coldly from down the hall.
"Ah, Lady Kaga. I'm a friend of Tetsuo's and Kagome's from school; Mitani, Yuki." He bowed nervously; that look on her face was horrifying.
"...what are you doing inside?"
"Oh, putting the kids to sleep, but...I don't know where the last seven go."
"...you put the others to bed?"
"Mm, yes ma'am."
"..." She stared for what seemed like forever. "Ling and Ming, the twins; they go in the room on the left." She pointed at the door. He looked at the kids and noted the two kids holding hands with similar features. He picked one up and untangled the twos hands before taking her into the room, then doing the same with the boy before tucking them both in. "Taki, his room is next to the twins," He noted only two boys were left. "The other boy, Gaito, is in the other bed in the room."
Once more, Yuki nodded and carried the two boys to their room.
"Those three girls go in this room." She pointed to the last and remaining room in the hall, aside from her own.
"Yes ma'am," He carried the girls, one after another into the room, then once more, he tucked them all in.
"Now what are you doing here?" She asked I her old croaking voice, still obvious that she wasn't feeling well.
"I just...came to help Kagome."
"...I see, be quiet about it."
"...right, I will." He bowed and returned down to the kitchen, the woman's curious eyes following him as he did. "Shippou," He whispered; the boy was throwing the stick to his Popsicle away when he came in. "Clean up your face, Tetsuo's grandmother just woke up." The boys' eyes widened and with a lot of soap and water, he managed to clean the colors off his face...but...not his tongue or teeth. "Brush your teeth, and then get ready for bed." He nodded; knowing there was no way around nap time, seeing as he was already getting sleepy.
Yuki watched him and made sure he did as told, finding that this really was no different then getting Hikaru to listen to what he was told. 'Actually, Shippou listens better.' He grinned at the thought; turning to the lady who stood at her door with a day minder open.
"This is for you. These are her daily chores, don't miss any of them, or it will come down on her." He swore the old lady had horns hidden somewhere in that mess of grey hair, but nodded none the less as he took the book and read the list. She left him to it and returned to bed.
Making sure to keep his voice in a whisper, Yuki began his manual labor, "Let's see," He looked at the round wall clock that hung above him. "11:10," He looked back down at the book, "11:00, put kids down for nap; check." He took the pin clipped to the booklet and placed a check in the small box next to 11:00. "11:20, do dishes...maybe I should have stayed at school." He sighed before heading into the kitchen, "Well, it isn't so bad." Only a sink full, he opened the dishwasher and saw it empty, thanking whatever gods there were for that. Last thing he wanted to do was hunt down where to put what. He finished the dishes within a matter of 12 minutes and moved to dry his hands. A sound upstairs caught his attention and he turned the water faucet off before heading upstairs. He listened and heard the sound coming from Hanako and Kagome's room.
"Hanako?" He walked up to the door and peaked inside the cracked door way to see the two or three year old blonde sitting up straight, staring straight ahead as if in a trance. He gently pushed the door to see if she would notice him, but saw she hadn't even moved. He walked in and over to the bed where he got on one knee before the bed. "Hanako?"
She didn't move or show any signs of hearing him.
"Hanako, are you alright? Is something wrong?" He watched her lips move but no sounds came out, "I'm sorry?"
"...Jiji..."
"...eh, Jiji?"
"Sai...Jiji..."
Her eyes brightened from the momentarily dull purple they had just been, back to the bright violet they were.
"Huh? Oh, Hanako's fwiend?" She asked, looking at him curiously.
He frowned, but nodded anyways. "Yeah, Mitani, Yuki. Lie back down and go to sleep Hanako,"
She smiled and nodded. "Sleep-a-by, Yuki-Chijin,"
"...yeah," he watched her until she fell back to sleep before leaving, keeping the door cracked once more. He took one more look at the girl curiously before heading to the third floor and back room. He opened the door carefully and silently, smirking at the sight in front of him.
Kagome was sitting on the floor with her arms crossed beneath her head on the bed asleep. Yuki noted the little girl who lay asleep peacefully beneath the warmth of the blankets and close watch of Kagome. Moving to the corner of the room where a few blankets lay, he grabbed one and carefully, he pulled it over her.
He left the room and finished the large list of chores given to him. He finished picking up the toys, silently cleaning up the rooms, aside from the old lady's; he swept and mopped the kitchen and swept the porch and walkway, then...he tiptoed back up stairs tiredly and placed the book down next to her, having added something in it before leaving her once more. He checked on Hanako and found her sleeping peacefully still; the sound of footsteps behind him told him that the old lady was once again up. "I'll be going now," He whispered so not to wake Hanako up. The woman nodded and thanked him in kind as he left, pulling his shoes on and bag over his shoulders before locking the bottom lock on the door and shutting it behind him. He jiggled it twice to make sure it wouldn't open, then left, stretching his arms out wide and crossing them behind his head.
"Man I'm wiped,"
"Mitani!"
Yuki stopped and saw Tetsuo, Hikaru and Kimihiro standing there in front of him. "Hm?"
"Don't 'hm' me!" Tetsuo glared, "What happened? Did you do anything to Kagome?"
'Did I...what? Why does he think I'd do something to her?'
His eyes hardened, "She's asleep, Kaga. She was the whole time I was there. I just...look, it's not important, I'm tired, so I'm going home for some R and R...unless of course, you had something else to say?"
He said nothing, but kept his glare on him. Yuki took his silence as his dismiss and left, not caring what any of them thought; he just wanted to get home, and quickly.
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(With Kagome)
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Kagome woke to the feel of someone shaking her, turning to see Tetsuo standing above her with Hikaru and Kimihiro looking at her with worry.
"Tetsuo...?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" She asked.
He frowned, "Mitani was here."
"He was?" She expressed her shock almost waking the little girl asleep on the bed. She stood and ushered the boys out, looking back at the blanket that had fallen off of her and the book she hadn't placed there that lay on the floor. She picked it up and sighed. "Lady Kaga is a slave driver." She opened the booklet up to the present date and her eyes widened at all the small black checks. Turning the page curiously, she smiled at the list of chores for tomorrow. '4:00...Rematch...'
"Rematch?" Tetsuo asked.
"Hehe," She smiled, "Nothing Tetsuo, just...talking about a...fair...game of Go."
"Go?"
She said nothing more as she began waking the kids from their naps, looking forward to what awaited her tomorrow.
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Me: Hope you all enjoyed this new chapter! I'm getting back into Go, sorry it took so long! Please Regard me Kindly, Read and Review, SANKYU! ^_^''